Summary

Supplement 46 to ITU-T G-series Recommendations defines a test plan whose purpose is to verify interoperability between a G-PON OLT and ONU. Emphasis is placed on test cases that address the G-PON physical layer (ITU‑T G.984.2), the TC layer (ITU-T G.984.3) and low-level components of the management layer (ITU-T G.984.4).

Service layer test cases are out of scope for this supplement.

Interoperability testing is conducted by or on behalf of four interests: the OLT vendor, the ONU vendor, one or more network operators who are potential customers, and possibly a third-party testing lab.

For each test case, the supplement provides detailed information on:

•      purpose;

•      reference standard;

•      preconditions and dependencies;

•      test set-up;

•      test equipment;

•      test procedure;

•      pass – fail criteria.